COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Title Page: An account of the trigonometrical operation. 1790
Obj Height cm:
26
Obj Width cm:
21
Note:
First separate edition, Roy's last paper on the Triangulation of South-east England, which connected to the French network made by Jean Dominique Cassini, resolved the dispute over the difference in longitude between the Paris and Greenwich observatories. It also laid the foundation for the whole triangulation of England and creation of Ordnance Survey. This paper was read before the Royal Society on 25, February 1790 and Roy died in April later that year. His most important legacy was the establishment of Ordnance Survey. This work published win 162 pages, with 11 folded plates and maps. Bound in marbled boards covers, leather spine with gilt tooled raised band with "Roy's Account" stamped in gilt.
Full Title:
(Title Page to) An account of the trigonometrical operation, whereby the distance between the meridians of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined By Major-General William Roy, F.R.S. and A.S. From the Philosophical Transactions. (London: 1790).
List No:
6876.002
Page No:
(1)
Series No:
3
Pub Date:
1790
Pub Title:
An account of the trigonometrical operation, whereby the distance between the meridians of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined By Major-General William Roy, F.R.S. and A.S. From the Philosophical Transactions. (London: 1790).
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
6876.000
Pub Maps:
4
Pub Height cm:
27
Pub Width cm:
23
Image No:
6876002
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
No Publisher
Type:
Title Page
Country:
Great Britain
Engraver or Printer:
Basire
Publication Author:
Roy, William
Pub Type:
Survey Book
Author:
Roy, William
Date:
1790
Title Page: An account of the trigonometrical operation. 1790
